Odisha MLA salary hike: Legislators give themselves threefold jump from Rs 1.11 lakh to Rs 3.45 lakh a monthOdisha has significantly increased MLA salaries, tripling their monthly earnings to Rs 3.45 lakh, making it one of India's highest. This re...
10 Dec, 2025, 02.55 PM IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talks about freebies/revdi issueWith the upcoming high-stakes elections in Delhi, political parties like AAP and BJP focus heavily on offering freebies. However, there's a...
04 Feb, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
Budget 2024: Here is Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's full budget speech; Click to readBudget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget for 2024-25, marking her 7th consecutive presentation. This budget is...
23 Jul, 2024, 03.49 PM IST
Congress & AAP - Bitter rivals turned allies hoping to unseat Modi in DelhiLok Sabha Elections: In Delhi, a crucial battle is unfolding as two key opposition parties, the Indian National Congress and the Aam Aadmi ...
25 May, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
Freebies Frenzy: Indian politics grapples with electoral promises amid economic concernsIn recent assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Telangana, political parties, including BJP, embraced the cult...
24 Dec, 2023, 12.09 PM IST
New labour codes will impact salary structure but when will they come into effect?The codes also seek to expand the coverage of social security (such as pension) to include the unorganised sector, the self-employed, migra...
24 Aug, 2022, 03.06 PM IST
FM Nirmala Sitharaman asks banks to conduct credit outreach programme across India“This year too sometime in October, there will be a credit outreach in every district of the country,” the finance minister said. “In order...
25 Aug, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
Do job reservations for locals fix the unemployment problem or drive business away?State after state is passing or proposing job reservation for locals. But do such quotas fix the problem or make matters worse? Dushyant Ch...
16 Apr, 2021, 10.49 AM IST
Aadhaar numbers of office-bearers of any NGO now mandatory for registrationThe bill, which also seeks to bar public servants from receiving funds from abroad, was passed after a discussion in the Lower House even a...
22 Sep, 2020, 09.47 AM IST
Will jobs actually be top of mind when India casts its vote in this Lok Sabha elections?ET Magazine reporters travelled to trade and industry hubs across the country to find out.
31 Mar, 2019, 02.55 PM IST
Gujarat Assembly increases MLAs' salary by at least Rs 45,000The revised salaries will come into effect retrospectively from February 2017, with a disbursal of Rs 6 crore in arrears.
19 Sep, 2018, 05.10 PM IST
Odisha cabinet nod to proposal for Vidhan ParishadOdisha’s Vidhan Parishad, once passed by the state assembly, will need the backing of the BJP-led Narendra Modi Government at the Centre.
24 Aug, 2018, 08.58 PM IST
Union Budget 2017: Full speech of Finance Minister Arun JaitleyFinance Minister Arun Jaitley presented Modi government's post-demonetisation Budget on Wednesday. Here is the full speech of the Finance M...
01 Feb, 2017, 05.25 PM IST
States request FM Arun Jaitley for early release of CST compensationMajority states in their pre-budget meeting with Jaitley demanded the Centre should release the pending compensation for phasing out CST.
06 Feb, 2016, 04.23 PM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST